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Brotherhood
July 27, 2011
SPJST to Sailabrate Youth on August 6 in Temple
SPJST will showcase its youth at State Youth Achievement Day on Saturday, August 6 at the Frank W. Mayborn Convention Center, located at 3303 North Third Street in Temple. All youth participants must register their entries between 9 and 10 a.m. in the lobby of the convention center. Royalty contestants are asked to meet at the stage for a brief rehearsal and further instructions at 9:30 a.m. Youth will compete in a special category contest at 10 a.m. in the dining room. This contest is left a surprise to all competitors until the day of the event. Past special category contests have included play-dough construction, story-telling, and drawing. Opening Ceremonies at 11 a.m. The day’s program begins with
opening ceremonies at 11 a.m. A pizza lunch, which will include pizza, breadstick, salad, brownie, and tea/lemonade, will be available for $6 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Other food will be available throughout the day. SPJST youth who receive first place honors at their district competitions across Texas this summer will compete at the state level in various
2011-2012 District One Royalty
The 2011-2012 District One Royalty are, left to right, Duchess Kyleigh Hruska, Queen Emily Lewis, King Robert Lewis, and Duke Jaxson Brisco, all of Lodge 9, Snook. They were crowned on Sunday, July 17, 2011, at District One Youth Achievement Day held at Caldwell Civic Center.
Interest Rates.......................................3 Important Dates ...................................3 Grandparents Salute Form .................3 Lodge Section......................................4 Reunions ............................................11 Youth Section ....................................14
competitions, including group and individual talent, speech, nine craft categories, a special category, and youth club poster and scrapbook. Following judging, all crafts, special category projects, posters, and scrapbooks will be displayed for the public. The talent competition begins at 11:30 a.m. Young people ages six to high school senior will compete in dance, vocal, instrumentals, and dramatics. The Ceska Beseda dance will be performed prior to the beginning of the talent competition. Scholarships totaling $11,500 will be presented to SPJST youth members during the day. Videos of this year’s State Youth Achievement Day featuring the talent
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Lodge 9, Snook Reporter James Schoeneman shares a hug with a beautiful young “lady” at the Burleson County Relay for Life held June 17 in Caldwell. See who this is on page 14.
2011-2012 District Four Royalty
The 2011-2012 District Four Royalty are, left to right, Duchess Jordan Taylor and Queen Christine Brooks, both of Lodge 229, Abilene; King Carson Lehman of Lodge 215, South Plains; and Duke Cutter Starr of Lodge 229, Abilene. They were crowned on Saturday, July 16, 2011, at District Four Youth Achievement Day held in Hawley.
Inside This Week’s Vestnik
State YAD Schedule ..........................15 Word Search ......................................19 Czech Culture ....................................20 Advertisements .................................20 Lodge Calendar .................................22 Cookbook Recipe Form ....................24
NewYouth Member?
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Lodge 6 Cottonwood hosts annual picnic
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Lodge 255 Katy member give blood, bears
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Lodge 40 El CampoHillje Youth Club activity scenes